Bedrock democrat. (Baker City, Baker County, Or.) 1870-188?, May 27, 1874, Image 1

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BEDROCK DEMOCRAT,
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BY
J. M. S H E P I I E R D .
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VOL. 5.
C orrespondence from all portions of
Eastern Oregon is solicited for the D emocrat .
BAKER CITY, BAKES COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 27, 1874.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
A ll communications, to receive attention,
m u st be accompanied by a responsible name.
BEDROCK DEMOCRAT.
. I’lilt'E & NEWSOM,
Personal communications will be charged
as special advertisements.
O '?” The B edrock D emocrat has more
1|O na fide , paying subscribers in Baker
County, than has any other two papers pub­
S . M . P E m S G I I L * C O ., 10 S ta te
Btreet, Boston, 37 Park Row, New Y ork
o u í i w í u t 11“ 1 Street, P hiladelphia, aré
foUrrt « 8J ° r PrVcurin^ advertisem ents
HtiPKe aBE)DK,''CK D e m oc rat , In the above
o ifi68’, a-
are authorized to contract for
advertising tou r low est rates.
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T^ ' 6 are now prepared to do all kinds of
OB W O R K on short notice and at reasona-
e rates.
N . B .— A ll Job W ork M U ST B E P A ID
FOR 0*i D E L IV E R Y .
m i m OTmssisnr,
H. J. G l EK, Proprietor.
H E I ’ S D EKMIG1DED W O U L D
respectfully ca ll the attention o f
T
FARMERS and FRUIT GROWERS
m y extensive and varied assortment of
Fi'iiit Trees and Stalery,
both useful and ornamental, for which I will
sell low for “ M O 'N IbH .”
SE N D F O R C A T A L O G U E .
Address,
H . J GEER,
Cove, Union County,
nl71y
Oregon'
P R O F E S S I O N A L CARDS.
L. O. STERNS,
T. C. H Y D E ,
N o t a r y P u b l ic .
Sterns
Hyde,
A t t o r n e y s a n d C o u n s e lo r * A t-I .a w ,
B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON.
L . 0 . S terns will attend the Courts of the
Fifth Judicial District, and of Idaho and
W ashington 'Territories.
W ater Rights and M ining Litigation a
S pecialty .
Collections promptly attended to.
June 18, 1873.nfiy
Attorney-at-Law,
B A K E R C IT Y , O R E G O X .
W
,
IL L P R A C T IC E IN A L L C O U R T S
o f the State.
Baker City, Sept. 1, 1873. n l7y.
I. D. HAINES,
A
tto rn ey
and
c o u n s e l o r
Law, Baker city, Oregon*
a t
[n l t f
J. M. S H E P H E R D ,
.A t t o r n e y -a t -L a YV,
B A K E R C ITY , OREGON.
S. V. K N O X ,
A tto rn e y
at L a w ,
(And Notary Public,)
WESTON,
OREGON.
W ill practice in the Courts o f this
tate and
Washington Territ .ry.
P E C IA L A TTEN TIO N P A ID TO LA N D
Business, and Collections.
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S
J O S E P H H. S H I N N ,
N o ta r y P u b lic
AND
O o n v g y a n e e r,
W ill attend to Conveyancing and making
A B S T R A C T S OF T I T L E .
Baker City, Sept. 11,1872.
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E. W. REYNOLDS,
NOTAllY
PUBLIC
AND
DEPUTY U. S. MARSHAL.
Office with John Brattain, Three Doors
South of B edrock D emcrat office,
on side o f the Street.
B aker
City, Sept. 3, 1873.nl7m4
T . JN". S n o w t M . I X
Physician and Surgeon,
B A K E R CITY, OREGON.
t h e City Drug Store.
O f f ic e — A t
F or
M EDICAL E X A M IN E R
the N ew Y o r k l i f e Insurance Co
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Mrs. B. C. S hepherd
IS A G E N T FOR
Qroyer & Bator’s Sewing Machines.
Baker City, Dec. 1, 1872.n30tf
R. M’INTOSH.
Respectfully offers his services to the Public
In the capacity of
mm mi
JOINER AND
O aT5in.et-M a3i.or -
All kinds and every
DESCKiPTION
O f Work in Wood neatly and promptly done.
Baker City, Jan. 1, 1873tf.
BAKER CITY M a EKET.
J o h n
E p p in g e r
R e s p e c tiv e ly
informs too citizens oi Bauer City that
Las re opened the
BAKi$R CITY MARKET,
Where, at all times, he will be prepared to
furnish his customers with the
BEST OF M E A T ,
O f all kinds, at most reasonable price«.
Baker City, April H , 1874. n4Vff
lished in the State.
Look at the Supplement for first
rate miscellaneous reading matter.
O U R W A S H IN G T O N L E T T E R .
W
a s h in g t o n ,
May 16th, 1874.
The present Congress is, in some
respects, a remarkable one. Coming
in on the heel of the body which
passed the salary grab law, and was
justly charged with a reckless ex­
Have permanently located in
B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON ,
penditure of the people’s money,
And are prepared to operate in all branches
and many of the members making
of the
D E M O C R A T IC P L A T F O R M .
their first bow before the public, un­
DENTAL PROFESSION.
der the auspices of the Grangers,
A ll work Warranted. Office One Door be­
The following platform of princi­
the new Congress cannot be charged
low the C IT Y D R U G STOR E.
ples was adopted by the Democratic
with extravagance. In point of fact,
Baker City, Oregon.-n7y
{State Convention at Albany:
the present body has gone to the
W e declare our unfaltering devotion to
J. B. GARDNER, the 1. Constiti!
other
extreme, and,as Gen. Garfield,
lion of the United btates and to
the Union of the btates thereby established, chairman of the Committeeon appro
and we affirm that the people of thè several
priations, said, in the House, the
btates have the sole and exclusive right oi
governing themselves as free, sovereign and other day, it is questionable whether
independent btates, subjeci only to the limi­
tation oi the Constitution, and that all pow­ it is to be praised, or censured, for
ers not herein expressly granted to the Na­
setting its face against expenditures
tional Government, are reserved to the
States respectively, and we deny the right of which have hitherto been deemed
the Federal Government, turough the treaty
necessary and proper. In conse­
power, to permanently domicile Mongolians
with in any State without the consent o f the quence of this economical disposi­
WATCHMAKEK AND JE iVELER, Legislatuie thereof.
The labbyists give Congress
We affirm that the greatest danger tion.
ESTABLISHED IN BAKER CITY IN 1867,
with which we are new threatened, is the a wide berth; comparitively few of
Keeps constantly on hand a well assorted corruption and extravagance which exists in
high official places, and we do declare as the this genus being seen around the
Stock of
cardinal principle of our future political ac­ capitol this session.
There are no
tion, that retrenchment’, economy and r e ­
wild
schemes
to
give
away
millions
form arc imperatively demanded in all tne
governments
of
tne
people,
lèderai
as
well
and is prepared to do all kinds of work in
of acres of the public domain to cer­
as State and Municipal, and we Hereby pro­
his line o f business.
claim ourselves the uncompromising foes of tain corporations, which, in return
Waltham and E lgin Watches at Factory tUe .-alary-grab law ring politicians and land
are to reader the nation incalculable
monopolists, whoever they may be and
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Prices
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to
w nere ver th .y may be found, whether they service; no expensive dinners
are in or out of office, and we appeal to hon­
tempt
the
Congressional
palate
and
est men everywuere, without regard to past
W e s t e r n H o te l.
party affiliations, to join us in branding, as the Congaeasional conscience, at the
M AIN STREET......................____________ BAKER CITY.
they deserve, those corrupt leeches on the
bouy politic and assist us to purge official same time; and no caedit mobilier
REID & FLETCHER, Prop’r.
stations of tneir unwholesome and baneful stock to seduce the unwary from
H IS H O U S E has been enlarged and re­
presence.
“ This is called a
fitted, and is now the best Hotel on the
3. I he present Federal Administration, the path of duty.
Umatilla and Idaho stage route.
by its utter inability to comprehend tUe dig
consciencious Congress,” said an old
Stages leave this House for above and be­
nity or responsibilities of tne duties with
low, and also for Clark’s Creek Eldorado,
whicn it is charged, by its devotion to perso­ newspaper man, a few days ago;”
G em City and Sparta.
nal and partisan interests, by its weak and but wait until the second, or, possi
Connected with the H otel will he found a inconsistent management of the National fi­
nances, by its unwarrantable interference bly the third, session of the present
first class
with the local sell government of the people Congress, and then judge it.
By
— oy its support of tne corrupt governments
S
A
L
O
O
N
!
that
time,
many
nominations
for
the
which
it
has
imposed
by
its
power
upon
sev­
Liquors, W ines and Cigars o f the best
quality. Phelan’s Improved Billiard Tables eral States of tue Union, by its complicity Forty-fourth Congress will
have
with corrupt practice» and scandals in vari­
all in good order.
ous
quarters,
and
by
its
appointment
o
f
no­
been
made;
and
it
is
safe
to
say
that
o---- o
toriously incompetent men to high official
scores
of
the
present
members
will
N . B .— Those indebted to either the Hotel position, lias justly brought upon itself the
or Saloon are requested to appear at the condemnation of cue American people.
fail to receive a renomination at the
Captain’s office ana settle.
no5v3tf.
4. That the persistent interference by
Under
Federal officials in locai elections, and the hands of their constituents.
use oi large sums oi money to deleat tile such circa instances, you will find
B o l i n a. <fe M c C o r d ’s vo.ee of the people tiirougU the ballot box,
deserve and receives onr severest condemna­ that a majority of the class will ad­
S A L O O N ,
tion.
vocate, with earnestness, measures
AT THE OLD St AND OF
5. That corporations are the creations of
law, .their franchise and privileges are gran­ waich they would not dare to sup­
B am berger & F ran k ,
ted to subserve the public interests, »¿id
port now; and it is even possible
R A K E R C IT Y , O REG O N .
when these are used, not to subserve the ob­
j e c t of their creation, but for purposes of
that they would go so far as to be
oisna «fc M cCord RessjpectiYsl- oppression and extortion, we declare it to be
ly inform the Citizens of Baker City
tne right and duty of tne legislature to control willing to place themselves on record
and tire Public generally, that they hade such corporations.
as in favor of a back pay bill similar
opened a New
e. Thao we favor speedy return to specie
payments, just and equal taxation for sup­ to the one passed by the last Con­
port of Feueral and »¿tato governments, and gress.”
There is much reason iu
S A L O O N ,
tnat we are opposed to all discrimination in
this
suggestion;
tor the lobby is in­
Where will always be found the very best tiie assessments of Federal revenue for the
purposes
oi
protection
variably stronger and bolder during
W in e s , JLitptors and C igars.
7. That we are in favor of free trade and
the
last session of Congress than any
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direct taxation.
8. That the & ee navigation and improve­ other time.
One of the Finest and Best
Serious charges against
ment (»fine Columbia river, tne construction
of a breakwater ut Port Urford, the improve­ an important officer of the Govern­
B illia r d T a b le s
To be found in the City. “ Fred” and “ Bob” ment of the Uoquiiie and Willamette rivers, ment, Baker, the Commissioner of
will be pleased at all times to have their and the construction of tne Portland, Dalles
and Salt Lake Railroad, are improvements Pensions, were made, several weeks
friends give them a call.
Uemanaed by tne commercial interests of
B O H N A & M cCO R D .
ago, it will be remembered, by Mrs.
this biute, and that the Federal Govern­
Baker City, Feb. 10, 1874. n40tf
ment ought by all proper means to assist Helen M. Barnard, an accomplished
mese measures; m at we are in favor of the
bill now before Congress, generally known journalists whom Donn Piatt calls
as tile Portland, Danes and bait Lake Rail­ the “ braiuest woman in Washing­
road bill, and we also lavor the early com ­
At any rate, her character,
pletion ol tue Oregon and California Rail­ ton.”
I L L I A M C O N S T A B L E W O l’L B
respectfully inform the P u blic that road to the southern boundary of the State. standing and general attachments
he lias opened the
9. That we disapprove all measures in the
interests of capitalists anamonopoiies against are such that the President selected
C o sm o p o lita n S a lo o n ,
labor, believing mat distinctions, if distinc­ her, a few months ago, for an im­
Corner o f Front Street and Court A venue,
opposite V irtu e’s B ank, where he will tions be made, snonid be in favor of the la­
be pleased to see and wait upon his friends boring class who constimi e the mass of our portant mission to Europe, which
citizens, the producers of the weaith and
and the Public generally. His
she executed satisfactorily to the
prosperity of our country. W e therefore ap­
B A H
prove o f the declared principles, and sympa­ administration, and usefully to the
Is supplied with the very best o f every thize with the avowed object of theorgarnza
thing in his line. H e has a Fine Billiard tion known as the Patrons of Husbandry, country, as evory one who had the
Table ipr the use o f his customers.
and with those of ail other orders having for hoiaor of her acquaintance knew she
Baker City, Dec. 17, 1873.
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their object retrenchment and reform in
Mrs. Barnard has been, for­
public ahairs, ahu the social advancement of would.
the people; that we are opposed to a m onop­ merly, a clerk in the Pension Office,
Kastner
Lachner oly in me publication anu saie oi books u se l
; pKOPRIETOKS OF THE
in the common schools of this ¡State, and we and knows this man, Baker, all to
are in favor of amending the existing laws pieces.
Her dozen or more charges
in relation to such, so as to take away from
against
him,
it should be borne in
the publishers of the Pacific Coast series of
On the East side of Powder River,
readers and spellers the special privileges in mind, are not vague and general,
relation thereto which they now enjoy.
B A K E R C IT Y, O R E G O N .
10- That the act relating to the fees of but specific; and she offered, and
April 29, 1874.
n51y
sheriffs and clerks ought to be so amended still offers, to substantiate them by
either by making s u c h offices salaried, or by
any amount of evidence. If Baker
the fees now attached to the same,
PORTLAND ADVERTISEMENTS. reducing
as shall make the compensation received by
were tried, ana found guilty of only
such officers a tair remunerati .n and noth-
m g more for tl.e services required o f them. one fifth of the acts ascribed to him,
That the Constitution be so amended that all
he would never, thereafter, no mat­
printing for the btate after m e expiration of
Importer and Dealer In
tne term of the btate Printer in office, when ter what light punishment a lenient
such amendment is passed, shall be provid­
ed for by letting the same to the lowest re­ court or jury might mete out to him,
sponsible bidder.
NEW SPAPERS,
be allowed to place his feet under the
11. That the ouly legitimate object of
FRANKLIN BOOK-STORE AND SANTA CLAD*’
government is the protection of its citizens social mahogany of a gentleman—
Headquarters, Fire-proof
in their lives, liberty and property, and the except, perhaps, of a man whose only
pursuit of happiness; that to accomplish
Brick Building, 105 Front street, Portland,
this end direct means only should be resort­ claim iu the title would be that he
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Oregon.
[tf ed to; that the good resulting from a depart­ had been an official of the Grant ad­
ure from this rule is temporary, the evil las­
ting.
W e are, therefore, Opposed to the ministration. The House Committee
D R . J. R* C A R D W E L L ,
btate engaging in the purchase, leasing or on l’ension6 were charged with the
speculating in property of any kind, except
D e n tis t
such only as is necessary for conducting the duty of investigating these charges-
E N T A L R O O M S, No. 89, First street, ordinary functions o f tne Government.
against Baker. Instead of doing
Portland, Oregon. The late and im­
12 . xhat we favor the immediate con­
proved stvles o f work at reduced rates. Ni­ struction of a good and serviceable wagon this., however, they concluded that
trous oxide for the painless extraction of road along the south bank of the Col imbia
the order of the House, iu the case,
river, from the mouth of bandy river to the
teeth.
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was not suffiQiently specific to war­
D riles.
13. That the compensation of all officers
W. H. WATKINS, M. D. should be ouly such as will be a just remun­ rant such action, in that it failed to
give tnem authority to send for per­
eration for their services
PHYSICIAN. AND SURGEON.
Ik. That we aie in favor of Congressional
lor the construction of the Portland, sons and papers, a power which they
F F IC E , O
dd Fellows’s Building. Resi­ D aid alle-
and bait Lake Railroad, and for con­ might have had for the mere asking.
dence, #»tn er of Main and Park streets,
tinuing the Oregon Central Railroad from
Portland, Oregon. O ^ d p e c ia l attention to
There is but one inference to be
8«. Joeepb te Junction City.
DENTISTS,
WATCHES, CLOCKS I JEWELRY,
B
l i t i i i i T
W
B A K E R CITY BREWERY,
S J M’CORMICK,
Boob, Stationary, Toys, Music AM
D
O
o f tfee J5ye and Ear.’
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For the benefit of subscribers in
certain localities, we issue a second
edition of the D e m o c r a t on every
Monday morning, which contains ail
the news of importance received at
this city up to ¡Saturday noon.
NO., 3.
Second. Edition» drawn from the failure to do tffeir
W e put no man’s name
on our subscription list unless we have orders
so to do.
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R A T E S O F A D V E R T IS IN G *
g y Tlie space of one Inch, up and down
die column, constitutes a square.
N. B .— A ll debts due this office are payable
in Coin, unless otherwise expressly agreed.
ADVICE TO ALL MY FRIENDS
duty, and that is that constituents
were clamoring for office, and that
the committee hoped, by ignoring
these accusations, to' secure the fa­
vor of the Commissioner, and conse­
quently appointments for their
friends. Baker is one of the Dela­
no’s most subservient tools. It is
through Baker that Delano perpe­
trates many of his impositions upon
the government. I f Delano wants
an ofice for any of his horde of stri­
kers, he has only to intimate his de­
sire to Baker and a place is found,
at once, on the roll of the pension
office.
Baker would long since
have been turned out of his present
position, neck and heels, but for the
influence which the plausible Dela­
no has exerted to retain him, not­
withstanding the notorious fact
thai he is utterly unfit, morally and
intellectually for the office be holds.
is, unless you have plenty of money,
enougli to start a factory or buy a
farm at a high price, stay where-you
are. Remember, it is not all gold
that glitters, and that “ distance
lends enchantment to the view.”' If
you have a farm of any kind in. W is­
consin, stay where you are,, for if
you only make both end^meetr you
are at least among honest and civi­
lized people, where you have com­
munication with the outside world,
and if yon raise anything on your
farm you have a market for it.
Throughout the States, the- idea
seems to prevail that all an emigrant
lias to do is to locate 160 or320 acres
of land, and go on farming, or it
be wants something extra,, pay per­
haps Iron» $5 to $10 an acre. Most
anybody would come to such a coa-
clusion from reading our State pa­
pers, or pamphlets published in the
interest of the railroad companies.—•
But, Mr. Editor, what are the facts
in the case?
T h e C uba:» A ffa ir
are in the Willamette and Umpqua
Valleys, every bit of which is taken
up. and held at prices far above what
they would bring in Green Lake or
Marquette Counties in your Stale.—
Not over a week ago, a farm lying 15
miles from the nearest shipping-
point, was sold at $ S 0 per acre, and
this is 80 miles from Portland where
it would cost from $7 to $8 per ton
to have your produce brought to,
for nearly everything has to go
through the hands of the Portland
middleman. It is true then* is yet
considerable land belonging to the
railroad companies which can be
bought at from $2 50 to $5 00' per
acre but where is it, and what
kind of land is it? It is all hilly,
mountainous, and bo heavily tim­
bered that it would take a man a Ufa
time to clear enough land to make
a living on, and say even it is cleared
what is it worth then? Thirty miles
to the nearest river aud railroad sta­
tion, with as good as no roads to it,,
for Oregon can
There are are always more or less
men hanging around Washington,
who, to enrich themselves, would
not scruple to peril the best interests
of tbeir country — of the entire race,
for that matter. One of the most
dangerous rings of that description,
now here, is the “ Cuban Ring,” the
members of which are large holders
of Cuban bonds, at present, of
course, valueless, but which would
be worth, perhaps, five cents on the
dollar for a few weeks, if our Gov­
ernment were to adopt the suicidal
policy of neglecting its own business
to interfere in the domestic troubles
of Spain, by recognizing the Cuban
insurrectionists as belligerents. And
it is the sole business of these bond­
holders to urge’ Congress to adopt
that policy—in other words, to give
value to the bonds. I will not at­
tempt to say that Senator Carpenter
and Representative Polaud hope to
reap any personal pecuniary advan­
tage from the passage of such reso.
lutions as tlipy have introduced to
the houses of which they are respect­
ively members; because I do not
no that to be the case. But the
whole thing has an ugly look, to say
the least. Casey, of New Orleans
Custom House notoriety, and broth-
er-in law of the President, is under­
stood to be largely interested in Cu­
ban bonds. He spends a good deal
more time in Washington than in
the Crescent City, where simple-
minded people suppose his duty lies,
and he is the leading lobbyist for
“ recognition.”
Happily for the
country, Casey’s connection with
these bonds, and the fact that they
are openly advertised for sale by
an agent here, have led cautious
members of both houses to investi­
gate this whole Cuban business; aDd
a large majority of those who have
no interest iu the bonds have con­
cluded to let Cuba severely alone,
because there is not, and never has
been, any general insurrection of
the people of the island of such a
character as to justify their recogni­
tion as belligerents by a government
at peace with with Spain. The fac-
tionists in arms against the govern­
ment of Spain would have had laid
down their arms years ago had it
not been for the aid and comfort
they have received, and further ex­
pect, from mercenary Americans of
the Casey stripe. The war depart­
ment of the insurrectionists has nev­
er been in Cuba, but always in
Washington; and their principal de­
pots for war material and recruits
have been in New York, Baltimore,
and New Orleans.
A. F. B.
THE ONLY LAND FIT FOR AGRICULTU­
RAL PUBPOSE3
BEAT THE UNIVERSE FOR POOR BOATS*».
All kinds of farming implements
are high; plows from $20 to $36, a
common Mitchel or Bowie wagon
from $200 to $240 in gold, and ev­
erything else in proportion.
If my letter is too long, you can
stop at this, but if you can spare the
space I will give you a description
of the people you meet with here,
the genuine webfoot. I want you
to understand that in the large
cities like Portland, Salem, or
Albany, this description will not
suit, for they have had new life in­
fused into them, by the people of
Ea tern cities, who generally {have
settled there, after b< iug a short
time in the country and Been tha.
ways of the o u Oregonian. Prom,
the constant intercourse with the
Indian, they have acquired every
bad habit which that race is accused
of. I don’t know whether the Indi­
ans learned v it from them, or they
from the Indian, but a genuine old
Webfoot can out lie any red man
that ever lived, especially when he
thinks he .'an make 5 pent« br it.
Gratitude is a thing unknown to
them; the more you favor them, the
worse for you. Ark any merchant
in the valley, he will substantiate
wtiat I nmj . luey are, m niioit, a
stingy unpious set of people. Uu-
ike the Indian, there is not a good
'rait about them, their sole object
is to make all the money they can,
and keep it, no matter how it is made.
They will as soon hang themselves
as assist a widow or orphan in need,
unless, perhaps, they know they will
get well paid for it.
Now Mr. Editor, you may think I
overdraw the picture, but t assure
yon T am to poor a writer to give the
subject full justice- I know there
are some oi the Milwaukee people
who have been out here; ask them,
or read the early history of Oregon
when emigrants were seen to starve
for want of a few meals, fiand as it
was then so it is now. There is one
consolation, that old stock is dying
out, aud the new generation seeing
t>etter precept« from emigrants front
the States who have settled among
them, see the errors of their fathers,
and profit by them. Tbe schools
OREGON.
with the exception of those in the
large cities, are very poor. "What
I t is a Good Statu n ot to M ove to.
does a Webfoot want an education
A F orm er Citizem o f W isc o n sin Gives for? Taxes are high enough with­
out having to pay for teachers or
the R esu lt o f h is O b servation s.
books. This school business is •11
Poor Farming» L an d s, B a d R o a d s a u d a Yankee humbug.
No Schools.
For fear my .letter is too long al­
ready I will close for this time, hop­
I Correspondence of Sentinel. J
P o l k C o u n t y , O r e g o n , March 28. ing my friends will take my advice
—In some of our newspapers 1 no­ •mi stay where they are.
I remain yours,
M. R.
tice the remark that a heavy ernmi­
gration from Wisconsin to this Btate
can be expected this spring, as a
L i t t l e R o c k , May 15.—The p resi­
great many are not only selling, but ding officers of both , Houses of the
actually sacrificing their property, Legislature
today received the
for the purpose of coming out here, President’s proclamation recogniz­
to the land of promise. I do not ing Baxter as the Governor of A r­
know whether this is tbe case, but kansas. Many people thronged to
for fear that some of my friends (of Baxter’s quarters during the day ta
whom I have many ill Wisconsin) congratulate him, and great rejoic­
may be allured to take this step, I ing prevails in the oily. Baxter to­
will gi7e them with your permission, day issued general orders compli-
my experience oi twoiv» years, with­ Jtte&ting big soldiers tor their brrr*-
in t;hi» State. My
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